09 February 2012
All information systems will be unavailable on Saturday 11 February 2012 and Sunday 12 February 2012 to enable essential maintenance and testing to take place over the week-end
27 January 2012
An update to pharmacy contractors following the deadline for requests for rechecking. This article provides information on the number of requests received and the planned process for undertaking them.
24 January 2012
Following the introduction of Drug Tariff Special Order products, an additional tag has been created within ePACT.net.
20 January 2012
NHS Prescription Services will be contacting all dispensing contractors who have been underpaid as a result of database price errors identified during routine audit activity.
03 October 2011
A new forecasting template for Primary Care drug spend planning has been added to NHS Prescription Services website
17 August 2011
Issue 4 of NHS Prescription Services 'Hints and Tips' publications for dispensing contractors, and information service users are available on our website on the Hints and Tips page. You will also find copies of earlier issues.
21 February 2011
The latest edition of the PCT dicussion document "February 2011 Hypnotics - Prescribing guidance and discussion points" is now available.
16 February 2011
The latest edition of Prescribing Review 'October - December 2010 Hypnotic Drugs' is now available
20 January 2011
A new range of ePACT user guides are now available to Information Service users
17 January 2011
Survey for independent pharmacy contractors.
26 November 2010
Survey about two NHS Prescription Services reports.
19 November 2010
The latest edition of Prescribing Review "July - September 2010 Contraceptives" is now available.
19 November 2010
The latest edition of the PCT discussion document "November 2010 Contraceptives - Prescribing guidance and discussion points" is now available.
17 September 2010
NHS Prescription Services is currently reviewing the suitability of these reports. Please give us your views by completing either or both of these brief surveys.
24 August 2010
The latest edition of Prescribing Review, 'April - June 2010 Gastro-intestinal' is now available.
24 August 2010
The latest edition of Prescribing guidance and discussion points, 'April - June 2010 Drugs for Dyspepsia' is now available.
22 July 2010
The revised Forecast Out-turn figures for 2010/11 are now available.
13 July 2010
From 1 August 2010, any patient who presents an NHS prescription form originating from Northern Ireland (coded HS21CS) will not pay a prescription charge for any items on that form that are dispensed in England.
21 May 2010
The latest edition of the PCT discussion document "May 2010 Asthma and COPD - Prescribing guidance and discussion points" is now available.
21 May 2010
The latest edition of Prescribing Review, "January - March 2010 Asthma and COPD" is now available.
18 January 2010
NHS Prescription Services is running workshops to find out users views on its information reports.
14 January 2010
Proposed amendments to the Drug Tariff April 2010 as a result of the new arrangements have been added to this section.
25 November 2009
The latest edition of Prescribing Review, "July - Sept 2009 ACE Inhibitors and AIIRAs" is now available.
25 November 2009
The latest edition of the PCT discussion document "November 2009 ACE Inhibitors and AIIRAs - Prescribing guidance and discussion points" is now available.
30 October 2009
As of 1 November 2009 Olive Oil liquid has been removed from Part VIII of the Drug Tariff
01 September 2009
The guidance document "An Introduction to Part IX of the Drug Tariff" has been updated and the new version can be found here.
26 August 2009
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review, "April - June 2009 Antipsychotic drugs", is now available.
26 August 2009
The latest edition of the PCT discussion document "August 2009 Antipsychotic drugs" is now available.
26 August 2009
Following earlier technical problems NHS Prescription Services' online information reports such as ePACT, ePFIP and payment schedules are now available.
03 August 2009
Contractors should note the following changes to the August edition of the Drug Tariff
16 June 2009
A number of changes are being made to ePACT following the review of Toolkit indicators which was carried out by the Prescribing Support Unit at the Information Centre.
16 June 2009
The ‘Liquid Specials’ tag in ePACT has been re-named ‘Special order products’ to reflect additional presentations which have been added which include creams, ointments, tablets etc.
04 June 2009
NHS Prescription Services has launched a new online, interactive quiz to help dispensing contractors improve their knowledge on whether to submit their prescription forms as exempt or chargeable.
28 May 2009
NHS Prescription Services’ West Bromwich prescription processing office will close in July this year.
22 May 2009
Following a change to legislation on 3rd April 2009
21 May 2009
NHS Prescription Services announced today that it will publish the following month’s electronic NHS England and Wales Drug Tariff three working days early.
01 May 2009
NHS Prescription Services quarterly newsletter is out now
01 May 2009
The Information Centre for Health and Social Care have published the Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) for 2008 and a new service to allow Primary Care Trust Prescribing Data to be viewed on their website.
27 March 2009
The following changes to the Dental Practitioners' Formulary came into force on 1 March 2009....
06 March 2009
The order number for the B Braun Urimed night drainage bag...
06 March 2009
The Department of Health have announced the price changes for Category M which will apply to prescriptions dispensed from the 1st April 2009.
03 March 2009
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review, "October-December 2008 Drugs used for Eczema" is now available.
03 March 2009
The latest edition of the PCT discussion document "February 2009 Atopic Eczema -Prescribing guidance and discussion points" is now available
03 March 2009
The following items appear in the March 2009 edition of the Drug Tariff with an incorrect price of 249p instead of 7470p for a pack of 30...
13 February 2009
The February 2009 published Drug Tariff does not include Budesonide 200micrograms/dose inhaler [200 dose] as a part VIII generic category C product based upon Pulmicort ®....
06 February 2009
Contractors should note the following changes to products listed in Part IX of the Drug Tariff.
02 February 2009
The February edition of Impact our quarterly newsletter is out now.
30 January 2009
A printing error has occurred within the February 2009 edition of the Drug Tariff. Pages i and ii of the Preface have been omitted, these are available in the Preface to the electronic Drug Tariff.
23 December 2008
The name of the product ‘Sharpsbin' was changed to ‘Sharpsguard' over a year ago.
09 December 2008
The Department of Health have announced the price changes for Category M which will apply to prescriptions dispensed from the 1st January 2009.
28 November 2008
The recent payment awarded by the Department of Health to Essential Small Pharmacies will be shown on the Schedule of Contractor Payments..
26 November 2008
Contractors should note that the hard copy of the November edition of Impact has a mistake on page 3. The charge status should read E A, not C as published.
24 November 2008
NHS Prescription Services will be holding more open days in 2009 for dispensing contractors.
31 October 2008
A PDF version of the latest edition of our quarterly newsletter for pharmacy and other dispensing contractors is available online.
30 September 2008
Following the what's new item on 11 August, the NHSBSA PPD would like to remind all of it's dispensing contractor customers..
25 September 2008
Please note the following three products have been recalculated..
15 September 2008
The National Prescribing Centre (NPC) has published a second edition of "Dispensing with Repeats. A practical guide to Repeat Dispensing."..
02 September 2008
Members of the public are invited to attend a meeting of the NHS Business Services Authority.
01 September 2008
The following products have been deleted from Part IXA of the Drug Tariff for August 08, however..
26 August 2008
The Department of Health and PSNC have agreed compensation arrangements for any error due to NHSBSA PPD system failure and as a concession for contractors who may not have been aware of flaws in their own business processes for checking declarations..
22 August 2008
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review (Apr - Jun 2008 Drugs Used for Osteoporosis) is now available on the Index of PPD Publications page
11 August 2008
As part of our programme to bring in our new processing system we are consolidating all of our processing sites into three regional ones based in the North East (Newcastle), North West (Middlebrook) and Yorkshire (Wakefield)..
06 August 2008
A NEW video guide has been launched online to help pharmacists find out more about the new processing technology being used to pay them correctly.
22 July 2008
One additional item Neupro transdermal patches treatment initiation pack, is to be processed as Discount Not Deducted from 1st August. This will not appear in the printed list until the September Drug Tariff.
18 July 2008
12 additional items are to be processed as Discount Not Deducted from 1st August. These will not appear in the printed list until the September Drug Tariff.
16 July 2008
Check our PPD exhibitions area to find out what events we'll be at or how you can come on one our open days.
08 July 2008
As a result of the introduction of new prescription pricing technology in early 2007 by the Prescription Pricing Division, the Capacity Improvement Programme (CIP) there has been a substantial increase in “switching” of prescriptions..
01 July 2008
Some branded drugs are available from more than one manufacturer, but are still licensed under the same name.
01 July 2008
Following the interest in our open days, the NHSBSA PPD is offering more dates from August to November..
20 June 2008
These offices are now closed as of today 20 June.
05 June 2008
Read our special edition of Impact which focuses on our new processing technology. Hard copies have been sent out.
27 May 2008
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review (Prescribing of drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system) is now available on the Index of PPD Publications page.
22 May 2008
As part of our programme to bring in our new processing system we are consolidating our existing nine processing sites into three regional sites based in the North East (Newcastle), North West (Horwich) and Yorkshire (Wakefield).
06 May 2008
Read our special edition of Impact which focuses on our new processing technology.
19 March 2008
From 1st April 2008, following a change to the National Health Service (Charges for Drugs and Appliances) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 2007 (for England only).
07 March 2008
The information you send us on this form will be used to assess the impact of changes in PPD processes in checking exemption declarations on the number of forms that are switched and will inform negotiations between the PSNC and the Department of Health..
21 February 2008
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review (Oct - Dec 2007 Drugs Used in Mental Health) is now available on the Index of PPD Publications page.
30 November 2007
Pharmaceutical companies to provide product information electronically for prescription from NHS systems
19 November 2007
The latest edition of the Prescribing Review (Jul - Sep 2007 Drugs used in Asthma and COPD) is now available on the Index of PPD Publications page.
19 October 2007
Dispensing contractors are now required to submit original Private Controlled Drug Prescription for schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs.
21 August 2007
Following the Department of Health (DH) and NHS Connecting for Health (NHS CFH) invitation for Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to express an interest in becoming initial implementers for Release 2 of the Electronic Prescription Service, over one third..
24 January 2007
This guidance provides further clarification on dispensing endorsements for FP10MDA forms.
01 April 2006
The NHS Business Services Authority was formally established as the responsible body for the services and activities described in this website on 1 April 2006.